My agency went bankrupt before I even got on stage.

Chapter 119 Eliminations Before the Final Night

After the third performance, the final elimination results for the top 30 to 15 will be announced. This time, half of the people will be eliminated. In fact, everyone already knows who will be eliminated, who will stay, and even which 9 people will make it into the debut group.

After the final lineup is announced on the night of the group's formation, the members will have to start singing the group's theme song and performing the group's dance, which requires prior learning and rehearsal.

Of course, some people say that all trainees can learn! When it comes to the performance, can't we just remove the trainees who didn't make it into the group?

Yes, that's right! Songs can be learned, and dances can be learned! But what about the positioning? The formation? The ending move? Which one doesn't require rehearsal? Which one doesn't require practice? And which one can be maintained without affecting the final result even after two-fifths of the trainees are removed?

But that's beside the point.

This elimination round was straightforward, and the successful contestants didn't get to give any speeches, because the eliminated contestants were the ones who did.

However, the atmosphere was more somber than the previous two eliminations. After all, the trainees who made it into the top 30 had all interacted with each other and were familiar with each other's faces. Even if there had been conflicts in the past, they would now be overshadowed by the emotions of parting.

Luo Yu held a stack of envelopes printed with the students' names, containing advancement and elimination cards: "The rules for this ranking announcement are very simple. Those who wish to read the letters themselves can come up directly, or they can invite their friends to read each other's letters. It's up to you."

It may seem simple, but the trainees might not dare to face it on their own. In the past, eliminations were announced by the mentors based on rankings. Although the result wasn't always what they wanted, at least they were passively accepted. But now they have to actively face it.

The psychological pressure is quite high. Ultimately, these contestants are generally quite young, and their mental resilience and ability to withstand setbacks are somewhat lacking.

Luo Yu asked, "Is there anyone who wants to be the first to know the results?"

No one dared to make a move.

Seeing that no one was moving, Lin Fan was about to stand up when Li Xiaodong and Chen Xianwu grabbed his arms from the left and right!

The two of them said in unison, "Brother Fan! Can you come with me?"

Lin Fan looked left and then right, and kindly suggested, "Why don't you two go together?"

Just as the two were hesitating, Zhuo Yuanquan stood up: "Teacher, I want to see mine."

Luo Yu smiled slightly and handed him the envelope with Zhuo Yuanquan's name printed on it.

Zhuo Yuanquan took the envelope and opened it. He smiled immediately. He turned the card towards the live stream camera and saw two bright red characters printed on it: "Advancement"!

Zhuo Yuanquan's advancement is a foregone conclusion. He is someone who can compete with the predetermined royal family. The production team can suppress his votes, but they cannot eliminate him through underhanded means, unless the show wants to be completely boycotted by the majority of fans!

With Zhuo Yuanquan taking the lead, the others also mustered up the courage to go up, either to check their own scores or to invite their friends to check each other's scores.

Lu Bingyang invited Li Xiaodong to check the results together. Li Xiaodong's hands were trembling as she opened the letter, and when she saw the words "advanced," she jumped up excitedly, exclaiming, "I advanced!"

Then it dawned on him that this was Lu Bingyang's advancement card, while his own card was still in Lu Bingyang's possession. For a moment, Li Xiaodong didn't dare to look at Lu Bingyang.

Fortunately, Lu Bingyang showed his card: "Congratulations on advancing!"

Both of them advanced!

"Let's go." Lin Fan pulled Chen Xianwu to his feet.

The two opened each other's envelopes. When Chen Xianwu saw the bright red "Advancement" on Lin Fan's card, he couldn't help but move closer to Lin Fan to congratulate him. However, he also saw the gray "Elimination" on Lin Fan's card, and his smile immediately disappeared from his face.

Lin Fan looked at Chen Xianwu with concern. Chen Xianwu's disappointment lasted only a moment before he quickly smiled and said, "Brother Fan! Congratulations, you've advanced!"

Lin Fan didn't care about himself at all.

Lin Fan was concerned that he was now the only one left in dormitory 404; everyone else had been eliminated, and Chen Xianwu was also about to stop there.

Chen Xianwu himself was relatively calm. No one knew better than him that he was able to stay until now because of Lin Fan. If Lin Fan hadn't given up sleep that night and gotten up to go to the training room to guide him in vocals, if he hadn't been constantly trying to get on Lin Fan's good side, and if Lin Fan hadn't repeatedly helped him during performances, he wouldn't have made it into the top 30, let alone the top 15.

Lin Fan looked at Chen Xianwu, feeling a mix of emotions: those who wanted to leave couldn't, and those who didn't want to leave couldn't stay—it was quite ironic.

It wasn't like before that people Lin Fan knew well had left, such as Froggy and A-Zhe, but Lin Fan wasn't too bothered by it. Firstly, they had just met then, and to be honest, their relationship wasn't quite there yet. Secondly, Lin Fan's own dreams were different from theirs, and he was also rather lazy, so there was still some distance between them.

But Chen Xianwu was different. From the first day he entered the factory, Chen Xianwu lived in the same dormitory as Lin Fan. Even though they weren't in the same team, they saw each other every day. As the number of trainees in the factory decreased and they spent more and more time together, Lin Fan really started to consider Chen Xianwu a friend.

Chen Xianwu took the microphone: "I am very grateful to Brother Fan. Really, I wouldn't be where I am today without him. Of course, I have also worked very hard myself. Even if I leave this stage, I will continue to work hard! For my dream, I will never stop."

"Similarly, Fan Ge's dream is to open a bed and breakfast, so please, everyone, stop voting for Fan Ge! I am as sad as Fan Ge is when I leave this stage. There is no distinction between high and low dreams, and the efforts made for dreams should not be ignored."

"Thank you everyone, thank you to my fans for your support, and thank you to my company for giving me this opportunity to stand on such a big stage. Every day here, every experience will become one of the most beautiful memories of my life. I will forever remember Huahai Island at 4:30 in the morning, and then, I will start anew!"

……

After the eliminations, the ranking of the advancing trainees was announced. This time, Lin Fan was very pleased that his ranking had finally dropped out of the debut positions and become number 10. Although it was only one place, it made all the difference. Lin Fan was finally no longer worried that he would be stuck in the debut positions.

Brother, I finally don't have to live in fear anymore!

Single ladies, I'm coming back soon! Have you all showered and gotten ready?